ABSTRACT

Health is the ability of a biological system to acquire, convert, allocate, distribute, and utilize energy with maximum efficiency. In many respects, Kerala’s health status is almost on a par with that of developed economies. The state has succeeded in increasing life expectancy as well as reducing infant and maternal mortalities. The implementation of land reforms improved the standard of living of the rural poor. Kerala's achievements in health status are reflected in attainment of low infant mortality rate, low maternal mortality rate, low birth rate, low death rate, high life expectancy. The history and experience of Kerala's health and demographic transitions provide a number of lessons to other states in India and to other developing societies. The health status of Kerala can even be considered with the developed countries. The health standard of Kerala has a long tradition. Health indicator of the economy shows the standard of health status like, infant mortality, life expectancy at birth and death rates. But the main hindrance is that we are more emphasized on curative than preventive healthcare pattern. As the public health policies and programmes largely focused on curative than preventive. There were no measures been taken from part of government to control the spreading of diseases. This problem was witnessed over years. The study aims to learn to compare the nature and characteristics of healthcare facilities of private and public hospitals, to examine the composition and source of healthcare expenditure and to appraise the role of insurance in providing the financial aid for healthcare of the households. Keywords: Healthcare Expenditure, Health Insurance, Households, Income, Kerala
Publication date: 15/01/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.1043